Thesaurus: Japan current

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1. n. a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
2. A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream.
3. A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing theeastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japanand merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- calledalso Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of itswater. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream.